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Carroll: "This Is the Real Belfast" at City's Biggest Ever Anti-Racist Rally
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll hails the United Against Racism rally at City Hall as Belfast's biggest anti-racist demonstration, condemning recent racist violence and urging solidarity with migrant workers against far-right and loyalist agitators.
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: Carroll: "This Is the Real Belfast" at City's Biggest Ever Anti-Racist Rally (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom
People Before Profit calls on the NIC-ICTU trade union body to act urgently over violence against migrants in Belfast after the Kinnaird Avenue attack, urging protests, community action and industrial stoppages to protect members. The party says recent racist attacks, including in Ballymena…
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom (opens in a new tab)
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The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin calls on DUP Infrastructure Minister Gordon Lyons to withdraw his remarks that the protesters' legitimate concerns should not be forgotten, after violence and racist intimidation in Belfast. Harkin calls the comments victim blaming and says the DUP…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Gordon Lyons remarks on Belfast racist protest Original release: The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Carroll MLA Commends Community Defence Of Migrant-Owned Business
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll commends West Belfast residents for defending a migrant-owned shop on the Falls Road after a group of young people attacked it. He condemns the attack, appeals to young people to stop such attacks, and says migrants and minorities are welcome.
Community relations and legacy Disability and equality Issue: Falls Road migrant-owned business attack Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Commends Community Defence Of Migrant-Owned Business (opens in a new tab)
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Far Right Agitators From Dublin Marching With Loyalist Paramilitaries Shows Who The Far Right Are Says People Before Profit
People Before Profit says far-right agitators from Dublin marching alongside loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast shows who the far right are. Bríd Smith TD urges unions and civil society to mobilise in large numbers and asks the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to organise a national demonstration.
Disability and equality Immigration Issue: Dublin far‑right agitators marching with loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast Original release: Far Right Agitators From Dublin Marching With Loyalist Paramilitaries Shows Who The Far Right Are Says People Before Profit (opens in a new tab)
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Harkin: Reject Far-Right Divisive Abuse Of New Derry Mayor
Derry People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin condemns racist and divisive abuse aimed at Cllr Lilian Seenoi-Barr after her selection as incoming mayor of Derry City and Strabane, and says the party stands in solidarity with black and minoritised communities.
Disability and equality Immigration Issue: Lilian Seenoi-Barr Derry Mayor appointment Original release: Harkin: Reject Far-Right Divisive Abuse Of New Derry Mayor (opens in a new tab)
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Orchestrated and cynical racist attacks "deplorable" - Cllr Groogan
Green Party councillor Áine Groogan for Botanic condemns racist attacks and intimidation in South Belfast, calls the violence against migrant communities deplorable, and urges political leaders to condemn racism unequivocally. She also calls for an urgent special council meeting and practical…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Original release: Orchestrated and cynical racist attacks "deplorable" - Cllr Groogan (opens in a new tab)